After finally seeing some stores arrive at their long-awaited and much-debated Village Center, residents of Belmont Greene will see one of the community's anchor stores shuttered next month.

The Delhaize Group, parent company of Bloom and Food Lion grocery stores, announced Thursday it would close 16 of its locations, 15 Food Lions and one Bloom. Belmont Greene's Bloom, which opened in 2008, was the unlucky store targeted for shuttering.

"We had to make the difficult decision to close some of our underperforming stores," Christy Phillips-Brown, spokesman for Bloom's corporate operations, said.

WAVELAND, MS (WLOX) - More than 30 people will lose their jobs when The Home Depot in Waveland closes. Company officials say business has dropped at the store that opened as a hurricane relief center after Katrina.